Month: March 2005

The preview documentary you are about to watch is about, Darkon, a game for “live action role players” (Wikipedia Entry).

Yay! I just received an email informing me that jeffmilner.com has been accepted as a Google ads and AdSense provider. That does mean there will be ads on the site but I’m hoping that since they are from Google they will be relevant and mostly unobtrusive. It’ll be good to bring in some revenue to help pay for the site since I’m pretty much strapped. Hopefully I’ll be able to do that.

Flickr.com, my favorite way to share photos, has been officially purchased by Yahoo. Some of the changes include:

• Both free and pro accounts will have more storage and uploads
• The cost for pro accounts will be less
• Yahoo Photos will get a lot of Flickr features but they will remain separate entities
• Current Pro Account holders will get something SPECIAL! (it’s a secret)

As for changes in the way Flickr is run they claim that the company will be continuing on the path it’s on.

We’ll be working with a bunch of people that Totally Get Flickr and want to preserve the community and the flavor of what is here. We’re going to grow and change, but we’re in it for the long haul, with the same management and same team.

If you haven’t tried Flickr yet, then what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

Check out these ridiculous content changes throughout Nintendo’s history. It’s fairly interesting just skimming the article and “reading” the pictures.

“The Sneeze” interviews FedEx’s logo creator Lindon Leader. Did you ever notice the secret arrow in FedEx’s logo?

Wired reports about a new wave of games that cater to the needs of blind gamers. Audio games are appearing in all genres, from multiplayer role-playing games to action-adventure titles, science fiction thrillers, racing games, and puzzle games.

The popular first-person-shooter Quake was even turned into a purely audio experience by All in Play, a company that produces games for both blind and sighted players.

“It was basically a technology prototype to show that even in more graphically inclined games, anything is possible,” said Jeremie Spitzer, co-founder of All in Play.

I had a friend growing up whose younger brother is blind. You wouldn’t have known it for how great he was at the Nintendo version of Street Fighter II though.

I suppose this sort of fits with the backwards theme I’m often posting about around here. Jack Johnson has a music video which, I’m told, he had to learn to sing backwards for. Check this crazy composition out.

Now see the same video backwards… or is that forwards?

If you have a high speed connection and are looking for some entertainment, you’ve got to check out Rani Naamani’s sweet 3D animation, “Defective“.

(via CGTalk)

If the link to Rani’s video stops working, please comment and let me know.

Here you’ll find a huge repository of classic video game maps. They’ve got everything from old console to modern PC games.

Adrian Crook, a video game producer and an acquaintance of mine was approached by MTV to share his opinion on video games and violence. Though he was asked to argue for the “Hogwash! Video games don’t cause violence!” side he has written a very balanced and level-headed contribution to the ongoing debate. MTV never did end up using him for their show, but you can read his response to MTV’s pre-screening questionnaire. It’s an interesting read for those interested in media studies; plus Adrian’s candid responses are hilarious.